Alonso on pole for British Grand Prix

Renault's championship leader Fernando Alonso [Images] will start Sunday's British Grand Prix on pole position.

The 23-year-old Spaniard, winner of five of the season's 10 Grands Prix so far, was joined on the front row of the grid by Briton Jenson Button [Images] in a BAR.

McLaren's Kimi Raikkonen [Images] set the second fastest time but will start 12th after his engine blew in practice on Saturday and had to be changed, incurring an automatic 10-place penalty.

It was Alonso's fourth pole of the season and second in a row after France [Images] last weekend. The Spaniard, who leads Raikkonen by 24 points in the Formula One standings with nine races remaining, led that race from start to finish.

Colombian Juan Pablo Montoya [Images], in a McLaren, and Italian Jarno Trulli for Toyota filled the second row.

Ferrari's [Images] seven times world champion Michael Schumacher [Images], winner at Silverstone last year, qualified a disappointing ninth.

. Fernando Alonso (Spain)          Renault   1:19.905
2. Kimi Raikkonen (Finland)         McLaren   1:19.932
3. Jenson Button (Britain)          BAR       1:20.207
4. Juan Pablo Montoya (Colombia)    McLaren   1:20.382
5. Jarno Trulli (Italy [Images])             Toyota    1:20.459
6. Rubens Barrichello (Brazil [Images])      Ferrari   1:20.906
7. Giancarlo Fisichella (Italy)     Renault   1:21.010
8. Takuma Sato (Japan [Images])              BAR       1:21.114
9. Ralf Schumacher (Germany [Images])        Toyota    1:21.191
10. Michael Schumacher (Germany)     Ferrari   1:21.275
11. Jacques Villeneuve (Canada [Images])      Sauber    1:21.352
12. Mark Webber [Images] (Australia)          Williams 1:21.997
13. David Coulthard (Britain)        Red Bull 1:22.108
14. Nick Heidfeld [Images] (Germany)          Williams 1:22.117
15. Christian Klien (Austria)        Red Bull 1:22.207
16. Felipe Massa [Images] (Brazil)            Sauber    1:22.495
17. Narain Karthikeyan [Images] (India)       Jordan    1:23.583
18. Christijan Albers (Netherlands) Minardi   1:24.576
19. Patrick Friesacher (Austria)     Minardi   1:25.566
20. Tiago Monteiro (Portugal)        Jordan

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